George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax Quotes
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The poem 'What Teachers Make' is not without its detractors. This one person wrote to me and said: 'Gee, Mr. Mali. You don't possibly have a teacher – God complex, do you?' And that was the first time I'd ever heard of that expression. So, yeah, I'm sure I have a teacher – God complex.
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I don't know what DVD commentaries are about. I'd like to strangle the person who came up with that concept.
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When we talk about change, we, the business leaders, have to implement it. We have to look at what we're not doing and what we should be doing.
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Surely it is time to examine into the meaning of words and the nature of things, and to arrive at simple facts, not received upon the dictum of learned authorities, but upon attentive personal observation of what is passing around us.
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She made the decision that her existence had lost its meaning. And you cannot judge that.
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I leave my house all the time! But I'm not at all the Hollywood parties. I'm grown, and where else am I supposed to be? I'm supposed to be home.
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We play tag and kickball almost every day. It's one of the ways that I've figured out how to spend some fun quality time with my kids while getting exercise.
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I grew up in Canada, man - we all had rinks in our backyards because we'd ice down the grass with a hose and build a skating rink.
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It's a never ending battle of making your cars better and also trying to be better yourself.
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My all-time favorite program in my entire life was 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer.'
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I have always stood in awe of the camera. I recognize it for the instrument it is, part Stradivarius, part scalpel.
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I had an acting teacher tell me once that if you're playing a car salesman, you don't want to be an OK car salesman, you want to play the best car salesman.
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Bitcoin will make a dent in society when more normal transactions occur that would have occurred with dollars or credit card.
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Dylan doesn't have to make Blonde On Blonde every time.
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...why should our self-appointed instructors assume that because we do not chatter about a thing, we have never heard of it?
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In ease of body and peace of mind, all the different ranks of life are nearly upon a level, and the beggar, who suns himself by the side of the highway, possesses that security which kings are fighting for.
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This is what I grew up on in Alsace. It's choucroute. I'd wake up every morning with the smell of cabbage and potatoes and pork.
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To the patient, any operation is momentous.
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A period piece is a great opportunity for an actress. I love acting because I love to pretend, and when you're doing a period piece, then even the time you're in is pretend, so there's that much more to play with.
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Many Muslims honor people of other faiths and do not kill.
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I never want to get a job because I'm female. I want to get it because I earned it and I deserve it... Whether my hair is going to be blue or purple, people should be judged on how well they do the job and deliver results and whether they do it the right way. That's how I like to be judged; most people are like that.
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A masculine education cannot spare from professional study and the necessary acquisition of languages, the time and attention which I have bestowed on the compositions of my countrymen.
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A Husband without Faults is a dangerous Observer.
